Reoffenders
(asked on 13th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of re-offending amongst former prisoners in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 19th September 2023
The average overall proven reoffending rate for adults released from custody in England and Wales was 38.0% in 2020/21 (the latest year for which reoffending data is available), down from 48.4% in 2016/17.
Information on reoffending rates up to 2021 can be found online in our Proven Reoffending Collection: Proven reoffending statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).